Truss



L. MUNSON.

(No Model.)

TR'USS.

No. 423,941. Patented Mar. .25, 1890.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

LEVERETT 'MUNSON, OF SAYBROOK, OHIO.

'TRUSS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 423,941, dated March 25, 1890.

Application filed eptember 30, 1889. Serial No. 325,606- (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, LEVERETT MUNSON, a resident of Saybrook, in the county of Ashtabula and State of Ohio, and a citizen of the United States, have invented a certain new and Improved Surgical Truss 5 andI do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and complete description thereof.

The nature of the construction, arrangement, and use of the improvement in supporting or hernia trusses is fullydescribed in the accompanying specification and annexed drawings.

The principal features of the said improvements relate to the peculiar construction of the pad and its adjustable connections with the waist or body spring or springs, whereby the truss readily adjusts itself to the left, right, or both inguinal hernia and movements of the body, as hereinafter more fully shown in connection with the details of the said truss.

Figure l is a view of the said truss. Fig. 2 is a view of the pad in section, showing adjusting devices. Fig. 3 is a view of the pad separately and the opposite side of that shown in Fig. 1. Fig. 4 is a sectional view of the ad. p Like letters of reference refer to like parts in the specification and drawings.

In the drawings, A represents the pad, the form and configuration of which are adapted to the pubis walls of the abdomen and other members of the body, as hereinafter more fully described. To the pad is connected the Waist or body spring B, formed in two sections C D. On the section D are pins arranged to register in the holes a of the section 0. The slide E, Fig. 1, incloses the sections and holds them in position, while admitting of such adjustment as to enlarge or contract the scope of the spring B, as may be required for the patient.

To the pad A is fastened a plate F, Figs.- 1 and 2, in which are threaded the headed screws G G, which pass through slots 11 H in the adjustable plate I, with the screw-heads on the outside, as shown in the drawings.

The section D of the waist spring is in con nection with the adjustable plate I by means of the ball-joint J, Fig. 2, which admits of an easy self adjustnient of the pad A to the body in its movements and positions, and by means of the adjustable plate I the pressure upon thehernia may be more or less depending upon the set or locale of the said plate I in relation to the pad to induce more or less pressure upon the rupture.

In case of two ruptures, one requiring more external pressure than the other-as, for instance, if the rupture in contact at or about the part b of the pad is of greater protuberance or injury than one at or in contact with the part c of the padit may require more pressure at b than at c, which is caused by moving the plate I in the direction of b, securing it in the position required by the setscrews G G. If the greater pressure of the pad is needed at c, the plate I is then moved toward 0 and secured as mentioned for that purpose. If the pressure upon a left and right inguinal hernia is equally needed, then the said plate is so moved that the ball-joint J in connection with the waist-spring will produce this result. By means of the adj ustable slide-plate in connection with the pad and the ball-joint and waist-spring the pressure can be adjusted to the hernia onone or both sides of the body, as stated, according to the required condition of the patient.

It will be noted that the pad is curved out, forming a cove K, Figs. 3 and 4. This cove is so shaped as to fit over the pubis and to be conformable to the pubis-bone, whereby the pubis and pubis-bone are prevented from being galled, but relieved from abrasion of the pad;

In the lower rim of the pad is a concave or recess L, the purpose of which is to admit the pad extending down over the pubis on the penis without chafing the organ in the recess L, which would be the case without said recess L if a pad were to be depressed so low upon the pubis as at times requiring to support a degraded hernia. In cases of eruption implicating the scrotum, relief to the patient is obtained by means of the extension (Z d of'the pad on each side of the concave L. These extensions are designed to reach down to the scrotum over the pubis to support the rupture in such locations.

If a single hernia exists, if preferable, the pad may be divided and a suitable section thereof only used for the required relief.

The movable plate I can be directly connected with the pad essentially in the same way as is shown in connection with the plate F. In such cases the interposed plate F would not be required. This arrangement could be made without changing the nature of the improvement.

The waist-spring B is secured to the body of the patient by means of the waist-strap M and buckle N, also by the straps O P, which pass down over the groin, under the thighs, and extend up behind for attachment to the respective buckles Q R. By said means the waist-spring and the straps are easily adjusted to various-sized patients for holding the truss in the required location as a sup port to the affected parts, the pad having suflieient face to cover the inguinal rings and walls of the abdomen, and of a form conformable to the pubis and other parts of the body before mentioned, whereby the supporter freely conforms to the movements and positions of the body and personal ease ensues.

\Vhat I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

In a hernial truss, the specific construction of the adjustable plate I, provided with slots andset-screws, and the ball-and-socket joint J, the devices thereof arranged, respectively, as described, in combination with a pad to operate conjointly therewith, for the purpose set forth.

In testimony whereof I afiix mysignature in presence of two witnesses.

LEVERETT MUNSON.

Witnesses:

A. F. BUNNELL, J. N. LATIMER. 

